Old church in St. Petersburg
Govt. Office Building
Store with Apt`s above
Restaurant on the Neva River
Peter and Paul Fortress on an island
The Rostral Columns-(1805-1816)
Neptune on Central Naval Museum (1805-1816)
Apartments along Neva River
Replicias of Faberge Eggs
Olga and Katya--Our tour guides
Bridge over Neva River
Local fisherman
Our tour bus-shopping stop
Hermitage Building @ Winter Palace
3000 year old Egyptian Sphinxes
Monument to Nicholas I-(1859)
St. Isaac`s Cathedral (1818-1858 )
Monument to Peter I (1766-1782 )
Kathy, Frank Seress with Carolyn feeding the pigeons
The Church on Spilled Blood (1883-1907)
Alexander Column
Square where 1918 Revolution started
Back at the boats
Mote around Catherine`s Palace
Entrance gate to Catherine`s Palace
Main entrance
Catherine`s Palace
Grounds
Gold Room
Palace Heating Stove
Several rooms in a row
The Foil Room
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Located on ceiling
Typical gutter drain
Leaving the Palace
Bath house on the grounds
St. Peterberg outskirts
Peterhof Palace and Fountain area
The Great Cascade-Peter the Great`s summer stop over Palace
Looking Westward to Gulf of Finland
Chestboard Hill Cascade
Wedding Party on Peterhof grounds
Leaving Peterhof
Church in nearby town
Apt. building across river from docking site
More apt`s
Departing St. Petersburg
Pic in cabin hallway of St.Basil`s Cathedral
Sunset on La Doca Lake
Along the Svir River
Our first lock--one of 19 we went thru
Docking at Mondraga
A NEW “old village” tourist trap
an ole sot in the Vodka Museum
Artwork
Notice, everone is drinking
At the village Bar-B-Q
Our boat and Frank
Back on the Svir River
Fellow traveler
Docking at Kizhi Island
Another tour boat arrives
Private boat
Old wooden church--approx. 400 years old
Prospers farmer`s home
Holding it together
Heating-cooking stove
animal yokes
The lineup
Local artist
Some to our group
The pivot for the windmill
Blacksmith
Rain channeling roof boards
Typical fence of the day
Carolyn & Friend
Back at the rest stop
Departing Kizhi Island
Vytegra Canal
Timbering
Lock One of six very close together
Ect.
Flooded old church ruin
Home in old village of Goritz
Old “Convent”
Solar laundry
Friendly dog
Some of the Czar`s wifes were forced to live in this Convent if they fell out of “favor”
Convent gates
Village “7-11”
Frank and new friend
Back at the boat
On the Upper Sheksna river
About to enter Rybinsk Reservoir
Military train
Feeding the pigeon`s
Apt. buildings
A new resort, we think?
???
Sun bathing and swimming
Docking at Yaroslavl
Apt. building
The Church of the Elijah
Take a guess
Waiting on the bus
“I want YOU'
Ancient monastery
Repair work
Departing Yaroslavl
Being welcomed at Uglich--Dixieland, no less
Shopping mall
Katya-tour guide
Old Sea Captains home
Lenin
Downtown Uglich
Selling flowers
Departing Uglich
Uglich Lock
Volga River
Getting closer to Moscow
Sunset on the Volga
Sub division on the Volga
Sunbather
Arriving Moscow North Terminal
Olga
Moscow apt. building
The New and the Old
KFC
Downtown Moscow with apt in backgroung
Red Square Entrance
History Museum
Serga-our Moscow guide
Entrance to Red Square
Kazan Cathedral
The Kremlin Wall
Gums Dept. Store
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Kremlin Tower
Gum`s
Standing in middle of Red Square
A GUM model
St. Basil`s Cathedral
Savior Tower
Uncle Joe in the middle
Lenin`s Tomb
Yellow cloth covers construction work
Another wedding party
Kremlin Walls on the Moscow River
Showing Kremlin Towers, Gums, and St.Basil`s around Red Square
Apt. Buildings
Near traffic jamm
View from our “state room” The End
